Bioethics and the Life Sciences
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CONTACT 0800 80 80 98 or text 866 [email protected] www.bioethics.otago.ac.nz TheBioethicsCentre @bioethicscentre “science can only ascertain what is, but not what should be” Albert Einstein BITC201 Bioethics and the Life Sciences 18 points 1st semester Prerequisites: 126 points at 100-level • What do life scientists owe society? • If humans can improve their bodies using technology, why shouldn’t they? • Should we selectively implant only the best embryos? • Is support for animal rights anti- science? • Does changing your brain change who you are? • Should we genetically alter animals if it might increase their intelligence?
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Explores ethical issues within, and arising from, science and technology. Covers basic ethics in science, and the moral and social implications of science for human life, particularly its earliest stages.
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CONTACT0800 80 80 98 or text 866bioethics@otago.ac.nzwww.bioethics.otago.ac.nzTheBioethicsCentre@bioethicscentre
“sciencecanonlyascertainwhatis, butnotwhatshouldbe” AlbertEinstein
BITC201Bioethics and the Life Sciences18 points1st semesterPrerequisites: 126 points at 100-level
•Whatdolifescientistsowesociety?
•Ifhumanscanimprovetheirbodiesusingtechnology,whyshouldn’tthey?
•Shouldweselectivelyimplantonlythebestembryos?
•Issupportforanimalrightsanti-science?
•Doeschangingyourbrainchangewhoyouare?
•Shouldwegeneticallyalteranimalsifitmightincreasetheirintelligence?
